Greenhouse experiments
We have several projects ongoing in the greenhouse.  The main ones are:
Effect of copper on Baccharis salicifolia (Mulefat).  An undergraduate in the MBRS RISE program is studying how Mulefat deals with high concentrations of copper in the soil.
Effect of pollutants on wetland plants.  A graduate student is just starting her project on the fate of different pollutants in three species of wetland plant found in the Dominguez Hills Nature Preserve: Scirpus sp (Tule), Typha sp (Cattail), and Eleocaris sp (Spikerush).
Effects of salinity and carbon dioxide on Azolla. This experiment is being run by a junior at Palos Verdes High School.  She is looking at whether high CO2 levels permit Azolla to grow in higher salinity than normal.